#26 Graft in Concrete
#26 Graft in Concrete
Published August-September 1952
Cover by Johnny Craig. Ad for Weird Science and Weird Fantasy. “Two of a Kind!”, script and art by Johnny Craig; The huge ocean liner pulled into the pier with many photographers waiting to snap a picture of camera-shy Willow Dree In the past, attempts were made to photograph her; the photos showed backdrops behind her, but she was never in any picture. “Graft in Concrete!”, art by Jack Davis; Hornsby gruffly enters the Mayor’s office planning to threaten the Mayor to get the road contract he was after, but the Mayor tells him the City Council will vote on that at the regular meeting; a member demands the new road also go through his town cemetery. “Joker!” text story by William M. Gaines. “Half-Way Horrible!”, art by Sid Check; a voodoo witch doctor story. “Hook, Line, and Stinker!”, script by Bill Gaines (co-plot) and Albert B. Feldstein (co-plot, script), art by Graham Ingels; Bernice was tired of his Saturday fishing trips and all the fish-mounted trophies she had to care for; One Saturday morning, she followed him on one of his trips where she discovered that he was cheating on her. NOTE: This issue was reprinted by East Coast Comics with a $1 cover and 1970’s copyright date (see E.C. Classic Reprints # 10). These and other changes make the reprint easy to distinguish from the original, which has a 10-cent cover price and a 1950’s publication date. 36 pgs., full color. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.
Contents Two of a Kind • Craft in Concrete! • Half-Way Horrible • Hook, Line, and Stinker
Artists Al Feldstein editor, writer • Bill Gaines editor, writer • Graham Ingels inker, penciler • Jack Davis inker, penciler • Johnny Craig cover, inker, penciler, writer • Sid Check inker, penciler